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Northumberland / Re: St.Andrews Cemetery, Jesmond-Grave of Peter Ferguson R.N. d. 24 July 1921
« on: Sunday 18 July 21 09:53 BST (UK)  »
To stevej60, many thanks for your post. My own feelings about Peter Ferguson's name being on the Chatham Memorial are as follows; I have a copy of his death certificate which was issued after a coroner's inquest. He died as the result of exhaustion and gangrene in a leg wound after an operation in Chatham Naval Hospital to remove some glands which in my opinion may have gone wrong considering surgery and surgical procedures a century ago .It may have been that he suffered an injury whilst on duty immediately prior to the operation or sometime earlier which necessitated this. Although he wasn't killed on active service he died while serving the Crown/ Royal Navy.Hence his name is on the Memorial.

Pirhana

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Northumberland / Re: St.Andrews Cemetery, Jesmond-Grave of Peter Ferguson R.N. d. 24 July 1921
« on: Friday 09 July 21 23:25 BST (UK)  »
To River Tyne Lass, Tickettyboo, AllanUK and Chris Doran, many apologies for my delay in replying to your latest posts. Many thanks also to River Tyne Lass for your efforts- when I saw the details on the inscription I remembered it from my visit to the cemetery when in Newcastle some 10/11 years ago. I remembered that Maria ( my greatgrandmother) had died during the First World War and the inscription obviously confirmed it. I have a vague recollection from burning the midnight oil one time when doing family history research that Peter-Maria's husband ( my greatgrandfather) died after her, but I might be wrong-old age! If however I am correct the fact that his death isn't recorded on the inscription suggests that it was after 1925 when Mary died. Anyway that's another avenue for me to research!
To Tickettyboo many thanks for having one of those "lightbulb" moments and doing some great detective work to locate the actual grave.I'll now be able to give my relative the information she was trying to find.After my initial post I did follow up some of the advice given and fired off an email to Bereavement Services @ Newcastle Council but haven't had a reply yet. Now that doesn't really matter.
Many thanks again to all who replied, Pirhana.

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Northumberland / Re: St.Andrews Cemetery, Jesmond-Grave of Peter Ferguson R.N. d. 24 July 1921
« on: Wednesday 07 July 21 15:28 BST (UK)  »
To River Tyne Lass, many thanks for your reply and the information in it. Yes,if you were able to get to the library I'd be extremely grateful, but don't worry if you can't I'll be able to contact them myself now I've got the email address for it.

To Tickettyboo, thanks ago and thanks for the email for Newcastle library.

To AllanUK, thanks for your information- yes I was aware from another family member that he is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, but have not seen the memorial myself. Thanks for the link to it with the photo of the memorial.

Pirhana

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Northumberland / Re: St.Andrews Cemetery, Jesmond-Grave of Peter Ferguson R.N. d. 24 July 1921
« on: Tuesday 06 July 21 12:04 BST (UK)  »
To Tickettyboo and Carole W., many thanks for your searches and phone numbers and Family Search info.Very useful.Will contact Newcastle as advised.
Pirhana

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Northumberland / St.Andrews Cemetery, Jesmond-Grave of Peter Ferguson R.N. d. 24 July 1921
« on: Tuesday 06 July 21 09:37 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to locate the plot number, etc of the grave of Peter Ferguson who was my grandfather. He was serving in the Royal Navy when he died on 24 July 1921. His funeral took place on 28 July 1921 and he is buried in St. Andrews Cemetery, Jesmond. His grave has a headstone which includes details of other family members. I saw the grave about ten years ago when visiting the area ( I don't live locally) and now another family member has asked me about the grave.Does the cemetery have a superintendent's office/cemetery office from where I might obtain details of the plot and grave number?

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: John and Betty Morland of Dent. Where are they buried?
« on: Wednesday 19 February 20 19:30 GMT (UK)  »
To emeltom, thanks for that.   Pirhana

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / John and Betty Morland of Dent. Where are they buried?
« on: Wednesday 19 February 20 17:01 GMT (UK)  »
John Morland- farmer, innkeeper and also apparently lessee of a coal pit died in 1842 in Dent. I believe his wife Betty died later ( 1853?). Does anyone else researching the family know where they are buried? St. John's Church, Dent? St. John the Evangelist, Cowgill? Are there any churchyard memorials or headstones to either of them?

Pirhana

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Lancashire / Re: Infant Death at Broadgreen Emergency Hospital in 1946-What Happened Afterwards?
« on: Wednesday 19 February 20 16:30 GMT (UK)  »
To Tickettyboo, No not checked cemetery records yet,but it's on the "To Do"list!

Pirhana

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Lancashire / Re: Infant Death at Broadgreen Emergency Hospital in 1946-What Happened Afterwards?
« on: Wednesday 19 February 20 12:08 GMT (UK)  »
I am fortunate that I still have an elderly aunt alive who, despite being 92 is mentally very sharp and still has a very  good memory.I've never broached the subject of my brother's death with her before and so, following my original post on this site decided to contact her. She remembered it and confirmed without me asking her what lizzieW had said in her reply: i.e my mother told my aunt that she was informed by the hospital staff that the baby would be placed for burial in the coffin of an adult who had died.

Pirhana

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